Queensland Consolidated Acts Queensland Consolidated Acts(1) The owner, licensee or other person in control of licensed premises must not, without the chief executive's approval, alter, rebuild, change or increase the area of the licensed premises.
Examples for subsection (1)—
1 The licensee of a detached bottle shop in a shopping centre changes the relevant leasing arrangements by reducing the overall area the shop is to occupy. Therefore the licensee must apply for the chief executive's approval to alter the licensed premises permanently.
2 An RSL club is the licensee of a licensed club and wishes to erect a tent next to its licensed premises to provide liquor on Anzac Day. Therefore the licensee must apply for the chief executive's approval to increase the area of the licensed premises for that occasion.
Maximum penalty—25 penalty units.
(2) For subsection (1)—
(a) in giving an approval, the chief executive must have regard to the business that is the principal activity conducted under the licence; and
(b) a change in the area includes not using a part of the licensed premises as if the part were not licensed premises.
(3) Before giving an approval, the chief executive may ask the applicant to give the chief executive a management plan relating to the proposed alteration, rebuilding, change or increase.
(4) The management plan must include information the chief executive considers appropriate having regard to—
(a) the business that is the principal activity conducted under the licence; and
(b) the nature of the alteration, rebuilding, change or increase.
(5) If the chief executive asks the applicant for a management plan under subsection (3), the chief executive must not give the approval unless the applicant complies with the request.
(6) The licensee of licensed premises must keep the premises clean and in good repair.
Maximum penalty—25 penalty units.